Kevin's Watch

Syl wrote:Reminds me: this youtube clip shows just how much you can do with a limited budget, crew, and schedule.

Thats brilliant!! Thanks for the link.

13 Moons
www.imdb.com/title/tt0276744/

Ghost World
www.imdb.com/title/tt0162346/

Animal Factory
www.imdb.com/title/tt0204137/

Trees Lounge
www.imdb.com/title/tt0117958/

Living in Oblivion
www.imdb.com/title/tt0113677/

Floundering
www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/

In the Soup
www.imdb.com/title/tt0104503/

Interview
www.imdb.com/title/tt0480269/

Lonesome Jim
www.imdb.com/title/tt0385056/

Thanks for your contribution, Sarge! Unfortunately I've yet to see any of those listed.

Menolly wrote:Y'all know it's coming...

Billy Jack

But I thought we were talking about good low-budget flicks.


Just kidding! Billy Jack is all right, though it's not a personal favorite.

And thanks for the youtube thing, Syl. Yeah, you can do so much with camera + computer these days, plus some friends you can snag to participate. Like Fantasy Bedtime Hour.

A Covenant movie should include an Omaha Beach scene. Somehow, some way. Instead of the Allied invasion, have the Warward landing on the coast of Seareach.

Okay, shame on me for almost forgetting these great little gems:

Metropolitan (1990) - about a young, working class college guy who winds up in the company of rich kids from New York high society.

Before Sunrise (1995) - two strangers, Celine and Jesse, meet on a train in Europe and end up spending one night together in Vienna before they must part ways in the morning.

Before Sunset (2005) - Celine and Jesse bump into each other once more, this time in Paris, and again have only a brief time talk about what has happened in their lives since that night 10 years before.

Waking Life (2001) - animated. Main character is a young man who seems to be caught in an endless, multi-layered dream that he can't wake up from. As he wanders, he encounters other characters who philosophize about...well, everything.

The key thing I love about these films is their witty dialogue. There is a lot of talking in these films, but it's really sharp. There is also a disarming innocence and poignancy to these films that break down one's cynical defenses as a viewer.

Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Waking Life were all made by Richard Linklater. Before Sunrise in particular was personally very meaningful to me - it really summed up how I felt at that moment in the mid-90's. It was as if the film was speaking for me.

Before Sunrise cost around $2.5 mil and Before Sunset around $10 mil, so they are kinda pushing the "low-budget" boundary. However, looking at their respective box office takes, the sad thing for me is that both films lost money. It makes me mad when great, small films like these get lost in the shuffle because the studios fail to sufficiently promote them - or because the public just has no taste for them.

the Station Agent
thestationagent.com/home.html

I think Before Sunrise is just one of those movies you either get or you don't. All I took from it was that Julie Delpy is hot (see also, Killing Zoe... or not, since I seem to be one of the few people who liked it). My girlfriend at the time, though, really enjoyed it.

And yeah, loved Waking Life. Remember at the time wondering why some of the dialog sounded familiar.

Good call, Sarge. The Station Agent was a pleasantly surprising movie. Very warm for that kind of movie. Reminded me of Dream with the Fishes, but better.

And I'm probably straying from 'low budget' to 'independent,' but one of my favorites is Hugo Pool. The quirkiness of it falls somewhat on the pretentious side, but the dialog and actors make up for it. I think I've borrowed more than a few lines off Robert Downey Jr.'s character.

Frailty
www.imdb.com/title/tt0264616/

syl: i will search for Dream With Fishes.

The Gamers

Indespensible to all role players. "Am I still unconscious?"

Syl wrote:I think Before Sunrise is just one of those movies you either get or you don't. All I took from it was that Julie Delpy is hot (see also, Killing Zoe... or not, since I seem to be one of the few people who liked it). My girlfriend at the time, though, really enjoyed it.

Yeah, Before Sunrise was an epiphany for me. I hold the film very close to my heart, so much so that I probably couldn't offer an objective appraisal of it - nor would I want to. Oddly enough, a girl friend (not "girlfriend") whom I lent the film to didn't seem to get much out of it.

Haven't seen Killing Zoe.

Gummo, best use of a Roy Orbison song ever.

My favorite all time low budget film is and will continue to be Dark Star. Dan O'banon as Pinback is priceless and knowing he'd go on only a few years later to write Alien is impressive.
Loved the beach ball alien, what amazing special effects.

Good choice. Just thinking about the end of that film always cracks me up: "There's just one last thing I'd like to say, befoe I get to . . ."

Night of the Living Dead surely has to rank as one of the most impressive and influential low-budget films ever. Many people think the B&W film stock was a stylistic choice - in fact, the film is black and white simply because Romero couldn't afford colour.

Montresor wrote:Night of the Living Dead surely has to rank as one of the most impressive and influential low-budget films ever. Many people think the B&W film stock was a stylistic choice - in fact, the film is black and white simply because Romero couldn't afford colour.

Good call!
Coincidently I just processed a copy of that and Land of the Dead at work and I planned to take them both home to re watch this weekend. Romero has dome some great stuff!

Laser Cats. 1, 2, and 3D.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD!!!

Has anyone else here seen Gummo ? I loved this film and Im not sure why? It was the first film I can remember seeing Chloe Sevigny in, but I dont think there was anyone else famous involved( at the time she wasnt famous either ). I believe it to be worth a look, if you've got time.